Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Plerumque modestus / Occupat obscuri speciem, taciturnus acerbi—Usually the modest man passes for a reserved man, the silent for a sullen one. Hor.

Ploratur lacrymis amissa pecunia veris—The loss of money is bewailed with unaffected tears. Juv.

Ploravere suis non respondere favorem / Speratum meritis—They lamented that their merits did not meet with the gratitude they hoped for. Hor.

Plough deep while sluggards sleep. Franklin.

Plough or not plough, you must pay your rent. 5 Pr.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting. Goethe.

Plura faciunt homines e consuetudine quam e ratione—Men do more things from custom than from reason.

Plura sunt quæ nos terrent, quam quæ premunt; et sæpius opinione quam re laboramus—There are more things to alarm than to harm us, and we suffer much oftener in apprehension than reality. Sen.

Plures adorant solem orientem quam occidentem—More do homage to the rising sun than the setting one. Pr.

Plures crapula quam gladius—Excess kills more 10 than the sword. Pr.